Three Peoria men say they were robbed inside home

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Posted Jun. 28, 2014 at 10:01 PM

Posted Jun. 28, 2014 at 10:01 PM

PEORIA — Three East Bluff men reported they were robbed late Friday while having dinner in their house.

Police responded to a report of a home invasion at 10:35 p.m. Friday in the 800 block of East Arcadia Avenue. Police talked to three men, two in their 40s and one 19-years-old, who said they had been robbed by an unarmed man.

According to the police report, the three men were eating dinner when the robber walked into the house. He demanded that they stand up and take out their wallets. He searched them and took two wallets, a total of $270 in cash and keys to a white 1991 Chevrolet Astro van.

He then ordered the men to stand outside. One of the men sat in the van.

The robber then punched the 19-year-old in the face, pulled the man out of the van and drove off in the van.

The victims described the robber as a black male between the ages of 35 and 40 and 6 feet 4 inches tall. He was wearing a black do-rag, a blue cut-off shirt and tan shorts.